Heat oil in a 5-quart kettle over medium heat add onion, celery, garlic, basil, rosemary, oregano, and thyme. Cook, stirring, until onion is soft. Add barley, potatoes, carrots, and stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add turnip. Cover and continue simmering for 20 more minutes. Mix beans and their liquid, macaroni, Zucchini, and tomato paste. Bring to a boil over high heat; cover, reduce heat, and boil gently until macaroni is tender (about 15 minutes). Add cabbage last 5 min. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with cheese over individual servings.

Makes ONE BIG POT!!! I would say 6+ adults I serve salad and bread with it

costco carries a frozen dinner that you just add water to and it feeds us two meals for $9 I cant remember the name I think it is birds eye brand? but it has veggies noodles and chicken in a garlic sauce yummmm!

1. Heat oil (will only need thin layer in pan) on stove top Fry up as many corn tortillas as you will need for your family. Or,you can bake these of course!

2. Empty pinto beans into a seperate pan on stovetop and heat through. If your brand of beans seems to have a lot of liquid, drain a little off the top. But you do want SOME liquid. Then mash beans with a potato masher. Add a handful of cheese to thicken. Then season with salt, and any seasonings you like. I add salt,cumin and garlic powder.

3. Top tortillas with beans, more cheese and lettuce. We eat these with sour cream and taco sauce. Enjoy!

New to the form, but I just was wondering if anyone ever visited 5dollermeals.com she was not Rachel Ray and some of her meals are wonderful. Its always a proud thing for a SAHM to save money and cut cost where they can be cut.

i think it might be 4dollarmeal.com
at least i couldnt find 5$ but did find 4$

Heat oil in a 5-quart kettle over medium heat add onion, celery, garlic, basil, rosemary, oregano, and thyme. Cook, stirring, until onion is soft. Add barley, potatoes, carrots, and stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add turnip. Cover and continue simmering for 20 more minutes. Mix beans and their liquid, macaroni, Zucchini, and tomato paste. Bring to a boil over high heat; cover, reduce heat, and boil gently until macaroni is tender (about 15 minutes). Add cabbage last 5 min. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with cheese over individual servings.

Makes ONE BIG POT!!! I would say 6+ adults I serve salad and bread with it

Don't know if this has been posted yet but its my new favorite
3/4-1 box elbow macaroni ($1ish)
1 can cream of mushroom soup (.69)
shredded cheese (whatever kind you like) (1.50 on sale)
bit of milk
bit of butter/margarine
Cook and drain noodles
add soup, cheese (I do around 2 cups-add more or less depending on how much you like cheese ), about 1/4-1/3 cup milk-just enough to make it creamy, plus I add 1tbsp of margarine. Heat over low temp and stir until creamy. Its kind of like mac and cheese but the taste is a bit different. Season with salt and pepper if you want

Preheat oven to 375
Brown hamburger w/onion. Season however you like.
Cook rice as directed
Add both cans of soup, salsa, and chilies to the rice.
Add meat to soup mixture
pour half the mixture into a 13x9 baking dish
top with tortilla chips and cheese
add the other half of the meat mix and top that with the chips and cheese
bake for about 35-40min or until cheese is golden.

Okay I make this recipe when I need to bring a meal and everyone *** for the recipe.

Fry 1/2 -1 lb ground beef with a chopped onion. Add garlic, s/p Add french style green beans and the water plus 1 can. chop up potatoes with the skins, as many as you need to make it stretch. put lid on skillet. it will steam till potatoes are cooked. You can add some brown gravy mix in if you want. This is so awesome, cheap and yummy. Costs $2.50 when the prices are right and feeds a family. Please Pm me if you make it. I also send it with Caramel Dumplings for dessert. I like to make it with my tea bisquit recipe.

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